Erik Gossas Email & Phone Number

Stockholm County, Sweden

Assignments:Client J (Brewery beverage producer)CFO, Startup new factory, new business model, new financial routines regarding follow-up, forecasting, new KPI:es etc, Client I (major retaling company)Interim Senior Business Controller Major E-Commerce project (new platform)Client I (major retaling company)Interim Senior Business Controller logistics and E-CommerceClient H (brewery)Capital Investment project for one of the leading breweriesClien G (Food Production)• Startup project financial planning Clien F Food Production• BusinesArea Controller (Sweden & Finland) Client E Public Transportation• Project Manager/Controller major tender project regarding public transportationClien D (production)• Head of Controlling Europa & North America (interim)•Manager Share Services Nordics (interim)•SAP Implementation ProjectClient C (telecom)• Interim CFO smaller quoted telecom groupClent B (logistics)•Investment major production line•New model for business plan and long term budget.•New accounting model and structure for improved possibilities to follow up.Client A (production)•New strategy, startup subsidary.Client B (logistics)•Major aquisition combined with restructuring and relocation project.Client A (production)•New organisation.

Stockholms Län, Sverige

•CFO/BU Controller for the Swedish companies and the Danish companies in Polygon Group including being financial manager for Polygon Sweden and responsible for the Swedish companies common IT function.•Overall responsibility for all financial issues within the companies. Member of the management team, reporting to MD. Analysis, financial reporting, budgets, forecasts and all other information to management and owners.•Managing the financial department of Polygon Sverige AB.•Restructuring project•Relocation of head office, including relocation of head office of daughter company to the same facilities as main head office•Responsible for project following up projects and creating new KPI: s.

Stockholm, Solna, Malmö, Järfälla

CFO/finance manager/ BU Controller for the leading service company in the publishing industry. Since 1999 I also held the position as HR manager with responsibility for a couple of hundreds of employees..•Overall responsibility for all financial issues within the company. Member of the management team and a co-opted member of the board.•Reporting of financial statements, budgets and forecasts as well as all other financial information and analysis to owners, board and officers inside the company.•Managing the finance department and the HR department, responsible for accounting, internal control and for developing staff, processes and IT systems.•Major Swedish and international change projects such as efficiency projects, rationalizations, purchasing projects, relocations etc.•IT- implementations, Jeeves, SAP, Bure, IBS, MSA, Compact, Flex, Mercury, Race etc.•Realized mergers, reorganisations and divestments. Due diligence processes.•Involved in all major negotiations / tenders.•Created models for measuring efficiency, models for piece work systems, for manning, and for pricing etc.•Responsible for business development and strategic planning together with MD.

Stockholm

Esselte Förlag. Publishing division with >20 companies. The second largest publishing house in Sweden and the main chain of retailers.•Responsible for the consolidation, analysis and reporting of financial statements, budgets and forecasts for the division to the groups head office. Responsible for coordinating the overall routines regarding these processes.•Financial and administrative investigations and calculations for the division- and group management. Ad hoc analysis and reporting.•Responsibility for coordination of the divisions IT activities. Responsible for the purchase and implementation of ERP systems for the companies in the divsions. Implemented new management information system in the division. •Managed or was involved in various projects for example rationalization projects, cash management projects and IT projects.•Implemented the groups new Management Information System in the division.•Created a system for fixed assets for 5 of the divisions companies. The system was later used also by external companies.•Analysed and contributed in acquisitions and divestments. Supported the divisions companies during certain occasions for example during reorganisations, major capital investments or as substitute for an absent finance managers.

Stockholm

Esselte System Division for IT products/services/education (current Office Group & Scribona) •Responsible for consolidation and legal and operating reporting of financial statements budgets and forecasts.•Responsible for maintenance and development of the management information and reporting module of the groups finance system.•Initiated and co-ordinated the divisions budget process and was responsible for the compilation of the budgets.•Responsible for cash planning and reporting to the groups head office.•Involved in acquisitions and divestments•Carried out financial and administrative investigations. •The division’s representative in a major group project to change IT-system (ERP and MIS).

Stockholm

Esselte Nordia, division with >30 companies in various industries, IT, manufacturing, printing, retailors, finance •Responsible for consolidation and legal and operating reporting of financial statements budgets and forecasts.•Responsible for maintenance and development of the reporting system of the groups finance system.•Initiated and co-ordinated the divisions budget process and was responsible for the compilation of the budgets.•Responsible for cash planning and reporting to the groups head office.•Involved in acquisitions and divestments•Carried out financial and administrative investigations. •Created system management information system wich increased speed and cut the time for monthly reporting with 70%

Civ Ekonom

Sience (Naturvetenskaplig Linje)